#42D98B#42D98B

#42D98B is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.169 H 156.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D98B
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 139)
HSL	hsl(149, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(149, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 35.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, -56.92, 27.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 63.11, 154.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.154 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.169 156)
XYZ	xyz(31.7169, 52.6445, 32.9110)
Luminance	0.5265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D98B #D94290

analogous

#44D942 #42D98B #42D9D7

triadic

#42D98B #8B42D9 #D98B42

tetradic

#42D98B #4244D9 #D94290 #D9D742

square

#42D98B #4244D9 #D94290 #D9D742

split-complementary

#42D98B #D742D9 #D94244

monochromatic

#1B864F #25B96C #42D98B #75E3AA #A8EDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42D98B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#42D98B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D98B

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D98B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D98B	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BB90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d98b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.169 156.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6ad',
    500: '#42d98b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d98b;
$custom-light: #89e6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d98b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.007,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7879,
    "c": 0.16855,
    "h": 156
  },
  "luminance": 0.52648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D98B

secondary

#8C3361

accent

#3E97E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF7

border

#CED5D0

text

#0D1610

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D98B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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